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# Shows the last 10 lines of a file
tail /var/log/<logfile>
# Shows the first 5 Lines of a file
head -5 /var/log/<logfile>
# Live Logfile View for the last 10 Lines
tail -f /var/log/<logfile>
# Show the whole content of a file
cat /var/log/<logfile>
Possible other useful commands:
zcat
– Displays all the contents of logfile.gz
zmore
– See the file in pages, without decompressing the files
zgrep
– Search inside a compressed file